The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1983. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
The Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- secret-remnant-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Vicarage, Blockley, GL56 9QN
- OS grid reference
- SP 200 355
- Coordinates
- 52.0183, -1.70895
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a circa 1700 cottage that was extended during the mid-19th century, specifically between 1844 and 1846. The east front is divided into two sections; the older part, on the right, dates to the later 17th century. This section is built of low-coursed rubble with a Cotswold stone roof and has three modern dormers. It features three windows, each with a 3:2:3 light chamfered mullion design, rebated surrounds, and glazing bar casements. A central chamfered doorway is also present.
The left-hand bay is taller and built in a Cotswold style, with two and a half storeys and a gabled roof. It has long mullion windows with glazing bar casements, and moulded eaves with stopped returns.
The north front features a central gable that breaks the eaves cornice and narrow windows. A 'Tuscan' portico, constructed with coupled columns, has been added. Stepped projecting chimneys flank the doorway. A short, single-storey range is located parallel to the rear of the older part of the building. The Victorian extension has two rear chimneys with diagonal shafts.
Inside, a late Georgian style staircase is present.
Local climate
The Old Vicarage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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